Copa Holdings Announces Monthly Traffic Statistics for January 2014

PANAMA CITY, Feb. 11, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Copa Holdings, S.A. (NYSE: CPA), today released preliminary passenger traffic statistics for January 2014.

For the month of January 2014, Copa Holdings’ system-wide passenger traffic (RPM) increased 10.5% year over year, while capacity increased 9.6%. As a result, system load factor for January 2014 was 80.2%, a 0.6 percentage point increase when compared to January 2013.

International passenger traffic grew 11.7%, while capacity increased 10.7%. This resulted in a load factor of 82.2%, a 0.7 percentage point increase when compared to January 2013. For the month, International capacity represented 97.0% of total capacity.

Domestic traffic, represented wholly by Colombian domestic service, decreased 17.0%, while capacity decreased 17.3%. As a result, domestic load factor for the month increased 0.3 percentage points to 82.2%. For the month, domestic capacity represented 3.0% of total capacity.